Playing games and winning

Popular e-sports have plonked China at the peak of a booming global market

China's digital gaming market has grown robustly in the past few years on the back of popular mobile games and e-sports. The uptrend is expected to continue.

According to Newzoo, a global gaming research firm, China's digital games market may have notched up sales of $22.2 billion in 2015, up 23 percent year-on-year, and surpassed the United States where sales touched $22 billion.